Seagate

Basic 2TB

Basic 2TB
BENCHMARKS (962)
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Effective Speed -91%Effective Speed -91%Average Score -62%Read -121%, Write -70%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -81%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite -67%Peak Score -30%Read -78%, Write -48%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -51%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -15,061%Nice To Haves +145% Age 145%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 46.2% (369^th of 1015)

Based on 962 user benchmarks. Model: Seagate Basic

Poor: 15%Average: 46.2% Great: 67%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Basic 2TB averaged 53.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.93MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Basic 2TB is 51.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Basic 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 70.4MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 962 samples)

Rank 36946.2%

Min	Avg	Max
26.1	Read 70.4	112
20.9	Write 84.9	127
24.5	Mixed 66.2	91.2
26	SusWrite 90.5	130
57.7% 78 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	4K Read 0.93	1.7
0.3	4K Write 1.19	2.1
0.1	4K Mixed 0.65	1
132% 0.92 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

FRA-User, 3 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 0712

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 126 124 125 125 MB/s

62.5% Good

Write 108

Mixed 88.6

SusWrite 124

77% 104 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 0.3

4K Mixed 0.9

139% 0.67 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 days ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 0712

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 119 121 125 121 MB/s

57.6% Above average

Write 114

Mixed 84.4

SusWrite 119

74% 100 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 0.3

4K Mixed 0.9

131% 0.6 MB/s

LTU-User, 2 days ago.

852GB free

Firmware: 9340

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 108 118 119 123 120 MB/s

57.5% Above average

Write 117

Mixed 83.9

SusWrite 117

74% 100 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 0.4

104% 0.83 MB/s

HUN-User, 3 hrs ago.

555GB free

Firmware: 0712

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 118 119 116 119 120 MB/s

57.5% Above average

Write 107

Mixed 80.3

SusWrite 117

72% 96.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.6

112% 0.8 MB/s

LVA-User, 3 days ago.

94GB free

Firmware: 0712

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 106 105 104 107 MB/s

45.2% Average

Write 76.8

Mixed 74.8

SusWrite 105

57% 77.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.3

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.5

92% 0.7 MB/s

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Gaming 77%

Battleship

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G5 KC

CPU
Core i5-10500HIntelBench 80%, 12,921 samples	1,467x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples	27x

GPU
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	866x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	628x

SSD
ESR512GTLCG-EAC- 512GBNvmeBench 213%, 1,053 samples	525x
SX8200PNP-512GT- 512GBNvmeBench 234%, 448 samples	302x
ESR512GTLCG-EAC-4 512GBBench 210%, 1,631 samples	135x

RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	421x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples	313x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples	297x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $54	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 46.2% (369^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 46.2% (369th of 1015)

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